Brutus Buckeye Today

Credit: Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports

Credit: Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports

Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports

Credit: Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports

From 1870 all the way until 1965—for almost a hundred years—The Ohio State Buckeyes had no Buckeye. That was the year, 1965, that my parents, Sally Huber of Mansfield, Ohio, and Ray Bourhis of Elmhurst, New York, conceived me, changing everything forever.